This course is an introduction to the study of the sentence and its parts. The aspects that will be covered include the morpheme, word, the phrase and basic verb patterns. The purpose of the course is to help students to identify the parts that come together to form a sentence, and their functions.
This course develops both oral and writing skills of learners in English as a second language. It reinforces and further develops skills in comprehension, summary and paraphrasing, using texts from a variety of sources, and introduces the student to the basic theory of the production of English sounds.
This course introduces students to basic writing skills in English for both academic and non-academic purposes. The course will consider issues relating to accuracy in writing such as the sentence and its parts; simple, coordinate and complex sentences; agreement within sentences; joining sentences, pronouns, using words with similar meanings to avoid repetition; the past tense and time adverbs; and use of words in writing. Students will also be introduced to techniques in writing simple stories; the personal letter; describing events, people and places; and paragraph development.
This course focuses on reading aloud, silent reading, reading for information, and reading for enjoyment. Readings will be drawn from short stories and extracts from the newspaper and magazines. Students will be guided to use the dictionary in reading.
The course introduces students to the pronunciation of English. It considers the pronunciation of words in isolation and in connected speech as well as pronunciation of grammatical forms such as plural forms, past tense forms, and possessive forms. It will also consider stress and intonation in phrases, sentences; statements and questions, highlighting parts of the sentence, conversations and discussions. Discourse strategies such as turn taking, signaling readiness to begin, ending; checking understanding; holding the floor; use of pauses and fillers, and asking for repetition will also be discussed and practiced.
The course introduces students to the sound system of English. It considers listening to words in isolation and in connected speech. Emphasis will also be given to the comprehension of casual speech and careful speech and the structure of speech as aid to listening. Students will practice listening to individual speakers.
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MPhil in English or a related discipline
Candidate should pass an admission interview
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A good first degree (at least, Second Class Lower Division in English or a related discipline)
Candidate should pass an admission interview
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MA in English or a related discipline
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The minimum admission requirement into the University of Cape Coast for WASSCE applicants is aggregate 36. For SSSCE applicants, the minimum requirement is aggregate 24.
For the purpose of admission, a pass in
WASSCE means Grade: A1-C6
SSSCE means Grade: A-D
